The Glider/La Mecedora

As I mentioned before, the Glider chair where Maya sits for her pictures has a little history. Well, here it is:

1. A friend in the mom’s group posts that she is giving a glider for free that came with a set of used furniture she got.

2. I say: Me, Me!

3. We go pick it up and this is what I get:

4. I quickly think, this chair needs a re-do (One side of my brain says: Let’s add another project on your pregnant to-do list as if I don’t have enough; The other side of my brain says: But I love to be able to personalize and make this chair beautiful, and it’s fun! I don’t care!). Well, guess who wins??

5. I enjoy going shopping for fabrics with my sister to downtown L.A.

6. I’m not good at sewing so I found somebody to sew the new covers for the chair’s pillows.

7. I bought sanding paper, primer and paint and painted the chair! (Note: Toddler needs to have his painting materials and activity too, otherwise who knows what can happen!–see picture–)(Second Note: This step took several days)

8. Final product, I LOVE it!

The last step is not finished completely since I was painting the chair the day before my water broke!! If the day my water broke would’ve been sunny I would’ve been painting! So, I still need to paint one more cover on the bottom (good thing nobody can tell!).

BTW: I found all the instructions, many inspirations and examples in this Blog: Young House Love. Go visit them and get lost in all the information they have to share with us!